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The High Cost of Good Form

 Your bad technique may be well suited to your slow speed. But it's only going to get you so far, so fast. If you want to make that quantum leap in performance, you'll have to make the appropriate changes in technique.
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Cryotherapy

 Nope, this isn't about freezing your body, so you can win your age group in the 23rd century. It's about a therapy that's been around since the 17th century (but so was bloodletting).
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Meet you in Font Romeu

 Ironman France champion Frederik Van Lierde reports from Font Romeu, an increasingly popular training spot in the French Pyrenees.
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A day with Javier Gomez

 If you ever wanted to know what a day in the life of Javier Gomez was like, look no further. Enjoy this clip that briefly looks back at 2010 and then shows him at home in Spain.
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Another day with Jan Frodeno

 In early May we hung out a day with Jan Frodeno in Germany and shared a picture gallery of that outing. Jan though spends quite a bit of time in Stellenbosch, South Africa and here is a video day feature of him there.
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Junk miles

 There are no junk miles. Only junk theories. And one junk theory is the notion of junk miles. If you have unwanted miles you're preparing for the junk heap, just haul them over to my house, I'll take them off your hands.
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Beginners: Week 21

 This is your final week. Your race is upcoming, you're in the "taper" and the training is mostly done. Let's talk a little bit about where you go from here, shall we?
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Beginners: Week 20

 The hard part is the training, and you've done that. The easy part is sometimes the part athletes forget to do: Where is the race? How do you get there? Is your equipment in good working order?
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Beginners: Week 19

 Performance increases are not straight-line, rather, they're like the stock market: lots of ups, a fair share of downs, but up over the long haul Well, maybe that's a bad analogy considering the past decade.
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Beginners: Week 18

 You're nearing the end. You're probably ready to race now. So, it's mostly a case of hitting your taper, not getting injured, improving here and there, and staying enthused.
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Beginners: Week 17

 Your long swim week under your best (you did do this, didn't you?), how 'bout let's try switching to another event, and we'll try to make some progress on the bike?
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Beginners: Week 16

 Swimming is a big fat hassle, until you're good in the pool, and then swimming is the easiest leg of the triathlon, and when I say easy, I mean by far it's the easiest.